Concealed display
AssigneeMontres Rolex S.A.
InventorsClaude-Eric Leuenberger, Gaston Schweighauser
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Abstract
A wristwatch with analogue time display comprises a dial with a hatch (19), and a rotatable disc or hoop (10) bearing non-time indications. The disc is arranged in such a way that the indications provided thereon appear in the hatch via an opening provided in said disc and having a size which is equal to the size of each indication. Said opening reveals additional indications provided by an electro-optical display device (30) when said opening (21) coincides with said hatch (19).
Claims11
A wristwatch with analog time display comprising a watch face with a window, said watch face carrying indicia on a first surface thereof and having a rotatable disc supplying information relating to at least one of a day of a week and a date of a month located adjacent a second opposed surface of said watch face, said information being located on a peripheral zone of said rotatable disc and current information concerning at least one of a current day of a week and a current date of a month being displayable through said window in said watch face,
- wherein said rotatable disc (10) has at least one opening (21) formed therein at a peripheral zone adjacent the peripheral zone carrying said information and supplemental information is displayable via a display device through said opening (21) when said opening (21) coincides with said window (19).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.